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An applet is a little application. Prior to the World Wide Web, the built-in writing and drawing programmes that came with Windows were sometimes called applets. On the Web, using Java language, an applet is a small programme that can be sent along with a Web page to a user. Java applets can perform interactive animations, immediate calculations, or other …

Security experts say passwords for more than 2 million Facebook, Google and other accounts have been compromised and circulated online, just the latest example of breaches involving leading Internet companies. Some services including Twitter have responded by disabling the affected passwords. But there are several things you can do to minimize further threats – even if your account isn’t among …

Mix-FX comes to your rescue. This simple-to-use Flash animation program lets you create absolutely stunning Flash text effects and Flash animation effects and Flash buttons in just seconds. What is Mix-FX? It’s a Flash text, button and background effect animator. With Mix-FX, you can create hundreds of different Flash animations. Change sizes and colors and you have millions of possibilities! …

Estimating the data the Internet contains is complicated because: 1. The Internet is not a single computer or a single network, but a network of networks, whose size is constantly changing 2. Not all data stored on these networks are necessarily accessible to all users. However, there are a few estimates. According to one, the quantity is approximately equal to …

An e-mail system consists of two different servers running on a machine. One is called the SMTP server, where SMTP stands for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. The SMTP server handles outgoing mail. The other is either a POP3 server or an IMAP server, both of which handle incoming mail. POP stands for Post Office Protocol and IMAP stands for Internet …

A desktop PC has a lithium cell or battery (the same is used in digital diaries) called a BIOS cell inside the CPU, and attached to the motherboard, which keeps track of time even after the computer is powered down, whereas in laptops, the battery of the laptop itself is used to keep track of time. This battery also saves …

Warren Edward Buffett (born August 30, 1930) is an American investor, industrialist and philanthropist. He is widely regarded as one of the most successful investors in the world. Often called the “legendary investor, Warren Buffett”, he is the primary shareholder, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. He is consistently ranked among the world’s wealthiest people. He was ranked as the …

Aunt is a term used to describe an uneducated or unsophisticated investor who is new and unfamiliar with investing, which makes him prone to poor investment choices. It has a derogatory connotation in the financial sector. Aunt Millie is used with reference to a low-risk investment offered to first-time, inexperienced investors.

A locapour is a person who drinks only locally produced wine or beer. It is a movement that is slowly on the rise as more and more people take to drinking locally produced drinks. The rage is now at its biggest in Canada. The word is a combination of local and pour. It is similar to locavore – a person …

A person who does not like shopping and prefers to pick up what is closest on the shelf and move on, as opposed to a discerning shopper who scans all shelves is a grab-and-goer. The word is a take-off from fast food lingo where food is grabbed on the way to work. The word is also used in the larger …